Butoh Performance

"Absence"

presented by Dance Company NUBA

created in 2004

2 dancers / recording sound

Running time 60 minutes

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Choreography :

Juju ALISHINA

Dance :

Juju ALISHINA,

Ippei HOSAKA

Costumes ;

Setsuko OHTANI, (1st.half)

Ippei HOSAKA (2nd. half)

Music, Sound :

Frédéric THERISOD

Lighting design:

Margaret OLLIVEAUX

 

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Première partie: Juju Alishina solo 23min.

First half: solo Juju Alishina 23min.Absence

In ancient times a princess is held prisoner in a high tower,
a very high tower
There is no window
There is neither day nor night
She has losted all sense of time
She has losted her sense of perception in the darkness
Kept too long in the dark
Terribly humide
In came the rain, the dust,
Absent
She lives in the memories of her mind
Peace, happiness, wealth, fame, love, betrayal, and suffering.
One day, she hears someone walking up the stairs.

 

Second half: Juju Alishina / Ippei Hosaka duet 37min.

The Absence of what we are, of that we have, of that we want,
Virtual magic,
Presence / absence of bodies dancing and playing
She came from inside him
She knew nothing of him
The mating season
Time melted
Entrance of a third creature
Dullness, Explosion, Dust
They create a ball of ashes
The " KI (energy)" exchange
And draw out the punishment

 

 

 

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